How come that it became so popular? In the 70’s and 80’s some American homebrewers were looking for forgotten beer styles and they found and old English IPA recipe. Unfortunately, the name of the related brewery was not referred, but that is another interesting fact against the “general story”. The earliest printed mention of the expression “IPA” was in 1829 in an Australian advertisement and they called it East India Pale Ale. Luckily, they found another country to export – not surprisingly that was India. Most of their products were delivered to Russia, but in the early 1800’s the tsar banned imports from Britain. The truth is however that hoppier beers have been already brewed in the British town of Burton Upon Trent. Nevertheless, this new, heavier beer was tastier as well, so they left it as it was. They also say a stronger and hoppier Ale was brewed, that supposed to be diluted down to the ABV level of the general Bitters. Many historians say however, that at that time Porter was much more popular among colonizers and thank to its higher ABV there was no such issue during the voyage. We all know the story of British settlers, that couldn’t get any beer from England to India surviving the long journey. So, let’s see some interesting facts, you may not have known yet. In the past decades this beer style, beyond question, turned into the most exciting and popular one of all. Today is the first Thursday of August, which means it’s the National IPA Day.
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